Peels

Lucia Ryan

12 Parables

By Lucy Weltner

Issue 51 • Spring 2025 • Fiction

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Lucy Weltner

Lucy Weltner is a short story writer from New England. Over the years, they have worked as a software engineer, middle school math teacher, and professional birdwatcher. They currently live in Berkeley, CA with their partner and two cockatiels. Unlike the protagonist of 12 Parables, they love John Waters movies.

Lucia Ryan

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Cubist-style painting of a woman and a figure in oranges and blues.

Comfort •
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painting of a ranch house in the desert

Tank

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by G.D. Holloway

Poetry

Photograph of an orange wall with white paint and waterstains running down

Notes on the Back of the Syllabus

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I’m Not a Mathematician

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How to Write a Happy Ending

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death count of the ghost doctor

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Nonfiction

Photograph of Shiprock in New Mexico against a blue sky with clouds

Never Flourish, Never Die

by Taylor Roseweeds

Circle Game

by Erin McAllester

Photograph of a highway cutting in a curve through the side of a mountain.

Your Dad Is a Dog

by Kian Razi

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